Tilting frame for cooking-stoves.



No. 739,872. I PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1903.

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No. 739,872. PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1903. F. L. HOLMES.

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TILTING FRAME FOR CQOKlNG-STOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,872, datedSeptember 29, 1903.

To in whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, FRED L. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waverly, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in TiltingFrames for Cooking- Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This inyention relates to improvements in cooking stovesor ranges, andhas for its object to provide means whereby the two front lids and shortcenter of the cookingstove top may be simultaneously raised, so thatcoal or wood may be inserted in the fire-box of the range, andalso theobject of the invention is to raise said short center and lidssimultaneously for the purpose of checking the draft and for broiling ortoasting.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the following specification and particularly pointed out in theclaims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of myimproved tiltingframe, showing the same in connection with a portion of the top of anordinary cooking-stove, with the front lids and short center of saidcookingthe tilting frame.

stove supported 'u pon said tilting frame. Fig. 2 is a plan view of aportion of the top of a cooking-stove constructed to receive my improvedtilting frame, said tilting frame being removed therefrom. Fig. 3 is aplan view of Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of tilting frame.a Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectiontaken on line 5 5 of Fig. 1. is a section similar to Fig. 4,illustrating the tilting frame raised in position to have fuel placed inthe fire-boxof the stove. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion ofthe stovetop and aportion of the tilting frame, said tilting frame beingshown raised, as in Fig. 6, and viewed from the front right-hand side ofFig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow a in said figure. Fig. 8 isa perspective view of a portion of the top of the stove and of thetilting frame, said tilting frame being shown raised, as in Fig. 6, andviewed in the direction of the arrow 1), Fig. 1. Fig. 9 is a perspectiveview of one corner of the tiltingframe viewed in the direction of thearrow 0,

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Application filed December 3, 1902; Serial ll'o. 133,670- (No model.)

Fig. 3. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a portion of the top of thestove and the supporting-post therefor, the central portion of thetilting frame being illustrated as raised upon the ledge of saidsupporting-post.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 11 is the top of an ordinary cooking-stove; 12, thefire-box thereof; 13 13, the end Walls of said fire-box, and 14 and 15the front and rear walls thereof, respectively.

16 is my improved tilting frame. Said tilting frame is provided with anaperture 17 to receive the front lids 18 1S and the short center 19 ofthe stove. The said tilting frame 16 is provided with a flange 20,extending around it and projecting on the front and ends thereof above aflange 21, provided upon the top of said stove. On the rear side of thetilting frame the flange 20 projects beneath a flange 22, provided uponthe top of the stove.

A supporting-post 23 is provided adjacent to the rear wall 15 of thefire-box and located immediately beneath the stove-top 11.supporting-post is' provided upon the front face thereof with alaterally extending ledge 24.

. The tilting frame 16 is provided with a slot 25, extending inwardupon'the rear edge thereof midway between the two ends. Said slotengages the opposite sides of the supporting-post 23 when the tiltingframe is raised, as in Figs. 6 and 10, and prevents said tilting framefrom moving longitudinally When the tilting frame is in the raisedposition aforesaid, the bottom of the slot 25 rests upon the top of thelaterally-extending ledge 24, and the flange 20 at each end of thetilting frame projects through a transverse slot 26, provided in theflange 21 at each end of the fire-box. 1 I

It will be noted thatwhen the tilting frame is raised, resting upon thelaterally-extending ledge 24 of the supporting-post 23, there is a spacebetween the rear edge of the tilting frame and the top of the rear wallof the fire-box, so that the draft from the' fire-box over the top ofthe oven will not be entirely out off. A stop 27 is provided upon eachend of the tilting frame, which abuts against the Said flange 21 at eachend of the fire-box adjacent to the slot 26 when thet ilting frame isdrawn upwardly from its tilted position, as in Figs. 7 and 8,preparatory to dropping said tilting frame into its normal position, asin Figs. 1 and 4. These stops 27 act as a guide to the user, so that hemay know to what extent to draw said tilting frame upwardly beforedropping the same into its normal position.

A handle 28 is provided upon the front edge of the tilting frame,extending forwardly therefrom, said handle being provided with a slot29, extending therethrough and forming a convenient means for theinsertion of a poker or lifter in case said handle should be hot.

The operation of my improved tilting frame for cooking-stoves is asfollows: Assuming the tilting frame to be in the position shown in Figs.1 and 4 with the lids and short center in position, said frame is liftedat an angle from the positionshown in Figs. 1 and 4 to approximately theposition shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 10 by means of the handle 28. Itisthen allowed to slide downwardly until the bottom of the slot rests uponthe laterally-extending ledge 24, and the flange 20 at each end of thetilting frame projects through the slots 26 in the flange 21 at each endof the fire-box of the stove and rests against said flange and againstsaid supporting-post. Coal or wood may now be readily put into thefire-box of the stove without removing the lids 18 1S and short center19, or if it is desired to check the draft the tilting frame may belifted to its raised position. To return said tilting frame, lids, andshort center to the normal position, (indicated in Figs. 1 and 1,) saidtilting frame is drawn forwardly and upwardly until the stops 27 abutagainst the flanges 21 on the stove-top at each end of the fire-box.Said tilting frame is then allowed to descend to a horizontal position,as shown in Figs. 1 and -l, with the flange 20 at the rear edge of thetilting frame supported upon the top of the post 23, it being noted thata portion of the top of said supporting-post extends forwardly inadvance of the top of the stove. In addition to the convenience of beingable to insert fuel without removing the lids it is evident with thetilting frame and lids in the position shown in Fig. 6 that broiling ortoasting may be readily and conveniently performed. It is evident thatthe short center 19, hereinbefore referred to and described, may be castintegral with the tilting frame, and in Fig. 3 I have illustrated thisform of my device, in which 30 is the tilting frame, 31 31 apertures forthe lids, and 32 the handle. The tilting frame illustrated in Fig. 3,with the exception hereinbefore noted-viz., that the short center iscast integral with the frame-is in all respects a duplicate of thetilting frame illustrated in Fig. 3 and is operated in precisely thesame manner as here- 1. In a cooking-stove, a tilting frame providedwith apertures to receive the two front lids of said stove, togetherwith a slot in the rear edge of said tilting frame adapted to engage asupporting-post located adjacent to the rear wall of the fire-box andbeneath the top of said stove.

2. In a cooking-stove, a tilting frame provided with apertures toreceive the two front lids of said stove, and a flange upon the top ofsaid stove projecting inwardly therefrom beneath one end of said tiltingframe, said flange provided with a transverse slot to receive one end ofsaid tilting frame and hold the same at an angle to the top of saidstove.

3. In a cooking-stove, a tilting frame provided with apertures toreceive the two front lids of said stove, a flange upon the top of saidstove projecting inwardly therefrom beneath one end of said tiltingframe, said flange provided with a transverse slot to receive one end ofsaid tilting frame and hold the same at an angle to the top of saidstove, and a stop fast to one end of said tilting frame and adapted toabut against said flange for the purpose specified.

4. In a cooking-stove, a tilting frame provided with apertures toreceive the two front lids of said stove, and a supporting-post locatedbeneath the top of said stove adjacent to the rear wall of the fire-boxand provided with a laterally-extending ledge for the purpose specified.

5. In a cooking-stove, a supporting-post located beneath the top of saidstove adjacent to the rear wall of the fire-box thereof and providedwith a laterally-extending ledge, and a tilting frame provided withapertures to receive the two frontlids of said stove, together with aslot in the rear edge of said tilting frame adapted to engage said postand rest upon said ledge.

6. In a cooking-stove, a tilting frame provided with apertures toreceive the two front lids of said stove, a flange upon the top of saidstove projecting inwardly therefrom beneath one end of said tiltingframe, said flange provided with a transverse slot to receive one end ofsaid tilting frame and hold the same at an angle to the top of saidstove, and a stop fast to one end of said tilting frame and arranged toabut against the flange upon said stove for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRED L. HOLMES.

\Vitnessos:

OnAnLns S. GOODING, ANNIE .T. DAILEY.

